tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7872819010848426693.post5198647492154225579..comments2018-02-10T22:59:05.158-05:00Comments on The Historical Society: Unsafe in Candy LandRandallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16755286304057000048noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7872819010848426693.post-89104799778924407052013-01-24T18:24:03.613-05:002013-01-24T18:24:03.613-05:00Heh, heh, heh. Reeses Pieces! The great genius of ...Heh, heh, heh. Reeses Pieces! The great genius of E. T.<br />and marketing. <br /><br />I cannot tell you how many Friendly&#39;s Reeses Pieces sundaes I ate in my misspent youth, but for me, writing means chocolate. And only chocolate. And more chocolate. And....<br /><br />hcrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07334093881332383848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7872819010848426693.post-42584614550022507932013-01-24T16:54:46.606-05:002013-01-24T16:54:46.606-05:00Since you mention Reagan...it&#39;s interesting ho...Since you mention Reagan...it&#39;s interesting how the current &quot;local food&quot; debate reintroduces many of these themes from a slightly different perspective. Quasi-libertarians among the foodies such as Joel Salatin are quick to point out that little local producers are held out of the market by the cost of complying with FDA and USDA regulations that really don&#39;t make us safer anyway. His solution is, know your farmer.dan allossohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10733670017382794923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7872819010848426693.post-55487550554454853842013-01-24T14:58:25.244-05:002013-01-24T14:58:25.244-05:00M&amp;Ms rock. . .but Reese&#39;s Pieces rule. I ...M&amp;Ms rock. . .but Reese&#39;s Pieces rule. I think a great capitalist, Ronald Reagan, had it right when he said: Trust, but verify.Eric Schultzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03169391149462048777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7872819010848426693.post-3575157142341515252013-01-23T15:53:03.114-05:002013-01-23T15:53:03.114-05:00And all I ever heard about was sharp objects in Ha...And all I ever heard about was sharp objects in Halloween candy/fruit. That&#39;s nothing. (and how did THAT rumor get started????)<br /><br />Wow. I&#39;m sure we&#39;re eating things now that would shock us--thanks for the reminder, Heather, that it is always great to know where your food is really coming from.<br /><br />But still, thank God for the FDA.Lisa Clark Dillerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00155783885263417225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7872819010848426693.post-52222743750581446982013-01-23T10:06:27.532-05:002013-01-23T10:06:27.532-05:00I reviewed a book on nineteenth-century sweets a n...I reviewed a book on nineteenth-century sweets a number of years ago-- unfortunately I can&#39;t now recall the author or the title (and it was a good book!)-- and was shocked. Not just candy, but ice cream, too, which would melt over the course of the day and the vendors would simply scoop up the glop and refreeze it. That would be cream and raw eggs that had sat in the hot sun all day breeding salmonella, refrozen into a lovely toxic confection. Makes my stomach turn just to think of it.<br /><br />Brings up the issue of urbanization. In small towns, you knew what people were using in food preparation and whom you could trust. Big cities, though, required the government to step in.<br /><br />Also brings up women&#39;s suffrage. If their babies were dying, they wanted some say in creating a government that would stop the issue by doing something more effective than recasting pennies (which, from what I know of Gilded Age politics, I&#39;ll just bet was also good for the aluminum industry).<br /><br />Home writing today-- just me and a bag of M&amp;Ms....hcrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07334093881332383848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7872819010848426693.post-90317077925620784782013-01-23T06:50:43.734-05:002013-01-23T06:50:43.734-05:00Sounds like food production in China today!Sounds like food production in China today!Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14348986578792746137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7872819010848426693.post-80321632239901670682013-01-23T06:23:25.682-05:002013-01-23T06:23:25.682-05:00Food adulteration. Limited government.
I remembe...Food adulteration. Limited government.<br /><br />I remember reading about all the food adulteration that took place in the 19th cen. Some of the cheap, poisonous additives are really shocking. Randallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16755286304057000048noreply@blogger.com